Healthcare stocks finished up 0.3% on Wall Street on Monday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady, the Nasdaq pushed 0.3% higher and the S&P 500 stayed level.
Some of the biggest gainers among healthcare stocks include:
- Ptc Therapeutics Inc (PTCT): PTCT stock is up 2.8% today and up 26.6% in the last month.
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals (PCRX): PCRX stock is up 2.7% today.
- Intuitive Surgical (ISRG): ISRG stock is up 1.7% today.
- Acorda Therapeutics (ACOR): ACOR stock is up 1.5% today.
- Cooper Companies (COO): COO stock is up 1.4% today.
- Abbvie Inc. Common Stock (ABBV): ABBV stock is up 1.2% today.
- Icon Plc (ICLR): ICLR stock is up 1.1% today.
- Healthsouth Corp (HLS): HLS stock is up 1.1% today.
- Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB): BIIB stock is up 1.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY): BMY stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among healthcare stocks include:
- Examworks Group (EXAM): EXAM stock is down 3.2% today.
- Impax Laboratories (IPXL): IPXL stock is down 2.4% today.
- Amedisys Inc (AMED): AMED stock is down 1.9% today.
- Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX): NBIX stock is down 1.9% today.
- Theravance (THRX): THRX stock is down 1.8% today.
- Seattle Genetics (SGEN): SGEN stock is down 1.8% today.
- Amag Pharmaceuticals (AMAG): AMAG stock is down 1.8% today.
- Wright Medical Group (WMGI): WMGI stock is down 1.7% today.
- Celldex Therapeutics Inc (CLDX): CLDX stock is down 1.6% today.
- Tornier N.V. (TRNX): TRNX stock is down 1.5% today.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
